The Battle of STALINGRAD. Two German soldiers in battle.

Hauptmann Friedrich Konrad Winkler, Stalingrad, 1942

Hauptmann Friedrich Konrad Winkler directs the attack in the Stalingrad ruins, fall He is wearing the Wound Badge (directly under his Iron Cross Class) and the Infantry Assault Badge that is missing half of the oak leaves laurel.

Today, many Norwegians cannot understand why these men served with the Nation that occupied Norway. However, these guys truly believed that Stalin was a greater danger then Hitler.

These photo albums, which were looted by an Allied soldier at the end of the war, are now going up for auction in California. They originated from the 'Landjahr', the rural training camp for boys aged between 15 and 18 who had joined the Hitler Youth.